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The Parapan American Games is a multi-sport event held every four years after every Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

for athletes with physical disabilities. The first Games was held in 1999 in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. The 4th Parapan American Games

2011 Parapan American Games

The 4th Parapan American Games took place from November 12 to 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability. The Games are being held 20 days after the 2011 Pan American Games have begun....

were held in 2011 Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

, Mexico

Mexico

Editions

Year	Games	Host City	Country
1999	I	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...	Mexico
2003	II	Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...	Argentina
2007	III	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Brazil
2011	IV 2011 Parapan American Games The 4th Parapan American Games took place from November 12 to 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability. The Games are being held 20 days after the 2011 Pan American Games have begun....	Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...	Mexico
2015	V 2015 Parapan American Games The 5th Parapan American Games are to take place between August 7–14, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. Athletes with a physical disability will compete...	Toronto	Canada
2019	VI	TBA	TBA

Medals table

The table below gives an overview of the all-time medal count of the Parapan American Games.

1	Brazil	336	237	196	769
2	Mexico	309	282	218	809
3	Argentina	137	137	149	423
4	United States	122	126	95	343
5	Canada	79	69	60	208
6	Cuba	75	56	30	161
7	Venezuela	60	54	66	180
8	Colombia	27	41	35	103
9	Uruguay	15	14	10	39
10	Puerto Rico	9	3	6	18
11	Peru	8	7	7	22
12	Chile	6	8	13	27
13	Jamaica	5	8	3	16
14	Costa Rica	5	3	5	13
15	Ecuador	2	1	3	6
16	El Salvador	1	1	1	3
17	Bolivia	0	1	1	2
18	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
19	Panama	0	1	0	1
20	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
21	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
		1196	1050	902	3148

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